food safety

Food safety comprises all of the kitchen cleanliness and food handling and storage rules and regulations that keep people from getting sick when they eat. With recent lawsuits stemming from E. coli infected meat and filthy restaurant kitchens like those revealed on Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, food safety is more of a concern than ever.

Basically, food safety rules and practices are there to prevent food poisoning. This is a concern in private home kitchens, in restaurant and institution kitchens, and in foreign countries where sanitation and food handling may not be up to Western levels.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “food safety”

• Beef Recall in Six States

  
  Fire Earth — Authority: 435
  Oklahoma firm recalls 112 tons of beef products in six statesFollowing an outbreak of E. coli, National Steak and Poultry of Owasso, Oklahoma, said it was recalling 248,000 lbs (112,000 kg) of beef products in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, South Dakota  and Washington state.The company said it was recalling the ...
  10 hours ago

• Beef Recall, Illness in 6 States

  
  Circle of Food Blog — Authority: 136
  Beef Recall in 6 statesIn a nutshell: Beef recalled in six states. E.coli found.From a National Steak & Poultry press release, distributed by the FDAWASHINGTON, December 24, 2009 –... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. Hungry for the full course? Visit Circle of Food.
  15 hours ago

• Top Stories from Tonic: Reynolds Scholars, Kaczmerak Smile Train, Oliver: TED Star and more!

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 605
  If you know students who have their eyes on reinventing how we care for our world and the people in it, send em this link and start crossing your fingers. " NYU Advances Study in Social Entrepreneurship ," discusses how undergrads and graduates can apply for the Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowship to fund their studies. ...
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• TV food shows are a ratings winner but their food safety still sucks

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  Yesterday’s USA Today reported that ratings for food shows on television are booming – prime-time numbers for the Food Network are up 29 per cent this year to a new record – yet every time I flip by, the stars suck at food safety. We chronicled all this stuff back in 2004 , but it’s time to redo the study ...
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• Potlucks and faith-based food safety

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  I like potlucks because of the social interaction and sampling different kinds of foods. I don’t like potlucks because who knows how various dishes are prepared, how they’ve been stored, and the dreaded double dipping . I told Erin Quinn of the Waco Tribune-Herald in Texas Monday that, Maybe you don’t ...
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• Load Australian fridges with food, not beer, and keep it cool

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  In 2004, I spoke at a conference in Gold Coast, Australia. I did a TV bit on Good Morning Australia, or whatever the equivalent was to the U.S. Good Morning America about food safety. The chef at the conference center was with me, and well-versed in food safety. He had a digital tip-sensitive thermometer in his front ...
  1 day ago

• Food-help phone numbers

  
  Cooking Gadgets — Authority: 133
  Consumer Reports recently posted some toll-free numbers for different food companies that you might need to contact with emergency questions around the holidays, even on Christmas day.  Although the list is good, including giants like Perdue, Butterball, General Mills, and the US Department of Agriculture, I ...
  2 days ago

• Gratuitous food porn shot of the day (Xmas eve edition) -- French rib rack lamb

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  The things you can find on sale at Dillon’s supermarket (part of the Kroger chain) in Manhattan (Kansas). For Christmas Eve dinner, which has no special significance other than we made it home from Minnesota before the storm hit, only to get walloped in Manhattan, I decided to cook the lamb – with a rosemary, ...
  2 days ago

• Food poisoning during the Dominican honeymoon means Pepto-Bismol and baby wipes

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  Kansas State University student, and news hunter and gatherer, Gonzalo Erdozain (right, sorta as shown), finally got away on his honeymoon to the Dominican Republic after classes ended last week. Gonzalo returned yesterday and shares his tale below. I probably contracted a slight case of food poisoning while ...
  2 days ago

• Labels on frozen foods can be confusing - the Stouffers Family Size Lasagna experience

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  We’ve been visiting with some of Amy’s family in Minnesota the past few days. Dinner for the gang last Sunday in Andover, north of Minneapolis, featured a couple of frozen Stouffer’s lasagnas. Two lasagnas were required to feed the crew, and were cooked in the oven at the same time. Although the recommended ...
  2 days ago

• Airport food worse than you think

  
  WalletPop Blog — Authority: 700
  Filed under: Food , Travel There are about a million (mostly bad) jokes about airline food, but if youre traveling over the next several days you might want to pack a lunch or take your chances on the plane. It turns out the food served in airport eateries and grab-and-go stands are worse than what is served on ...
  2 days ago

• FDAs Useless Consumer Complaint System

  
  eFoodAlert.com — Authority: 132
  Complaint About Swollen Orange Juice Cartons Brushed Aside "If you still wish to have one of your containers analyzed you may contact a private laboratory." – Sheila van Twuyver, FDA Consumer Complaint Coordinator Orange juice is a typical part of our breakfast. My husband and I like ...
  2 days ago

• LGA Reading Material

  
  inFLIGHTout - San Francisco Bay Area — Authority: 124
  Reading material while at New Yorks La Guardia Airport (LGA). Photo and caption credit: Joe.My.God (one of my favorite non-travel blogs)
  3 days ago

• The Return of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Alfalfa: Share Your Concerns with USDA

  
  Civil Eats — Authority: 569
  Beginning in 2006, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) took legal action against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) illegal approval of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa. The federal courts agreed and banned GE alfalfa until the USDA fully analyzed the impacts of the plant on ...
  3 days ago

• Food Safety in 2009: Obama, Vilsack, FDA, Senate on Naughty X-Mas List

  
  Civil Eats — Authority: 569
  The food safety landscape after the first year of the Obama administration remains very similar to the last year of the Bush administration…. During a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, President Obama gave himself a letter grade of B+ for his first year in office. But all the same, an ad hoc consortium of food ...
  3 days ago

• CSPI: 33% Fewer Foodborne Outbreaks Investigated By The CDC

  
  BASIL & SPICE--NUTRITION! — Authority: 124
  WASHINGTON—In a troubling trend, state health departments completed fewer foodborne illness investigations in 2007 than in the previous decade, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest.        “The decline in fully-investigated outbreaks could reflect a serious gap in state public health ...
  4 days ago

• The need for food packaging: The French fight back

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  When I was on The Dr. Oz show for 30 seconds a couple of months ago, I noted that leading supermarkets are taking steps to minimize contact between the thousands of sniffling, sneezing and wheezing customers who daily rifle through bread bins, climb on piles of plantains, and snort olives. Albert Amgar alerted me ...
  4 days ago

• Oysters -steamed - may have caused illness at Raleigh oyster bar

  
  BarfBlog — Authority: 484
  NBC17 is reporting this afternoon that several customers have notified the 42nd Street Oyster Bar that they became ill after eating oysters at the longtime Raleigh restaurant. Brad Hurley, a partner with 42nd Street Oyster Bar, told NBC17 that the restaurant received calls on Monday and Tuesday from customers who ...
  4 days ago

• Tap vs. Bottled Water – Toxic Update

  
  Fooducate — Authority: 472
  If you’ve been following this blog, you know we preach to ditch soft drinks in favor of plain old water. But not the expensive bottled water. From the faucet – tap water. Water is healthy because it has no extra calories, no artificial colorings, and no preservatives or additives. And it takes a weight off of your ...
  5 days ago

• Going Nuts: Hazelnut Recall at Whole Foods

  
  Circle of Food Blog — Authority: 136
  Hazelnut RecallIn a nutshell: The nut doesn’t fall from the tree (bad pun). Earlier today I posted about a big recall from an Oregon hazelnut farmer because of possible salmonella food... >>> Enjoy this appetizer. Hungry for the full course? Visit Circle of Food.
  5 days ago

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